04-19-2020, 03:12 PM
terracore - I'm not aware of any studies about people who carry/spread influenza that are asymptomatic.
I hadn't really thought about this, but it appears there have been some past studies that show many cases of the flu are asymptotic and may be contagious.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot...ve-the-flu
"But just because you don't exhibit these symptoms, it doesn't mean you don't have the flu, researchers say. And you could be just as contagious. In fact, their study found that roughly three-quarters of people with seasonal or pandemic flu show either no symptoms or mild ones that aren't usually linked to flu."
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"But this study should not be taken to mean that the flu is as trivial as the common cold." (it's not just a cold bro)
So if there are many asymptotic cases of the flu, then its CFR would also be lower, so even if covid ends up near 0.1% CFR that too might be 10x worse than the flu? (still not just the flu bro)
I hadn't really thought about this, but it appears there have been some past studies that show many cases of the flu are asymptotic and may be contagious.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot...ve-the-flu
"But just because you don't exhibit these symptoms, it doesn't mean you don't have the flu, researchers say. And you could be just as contagious. In fact, their study found that roughly three-quarters of people with seasonal or pandemic flu show either no symptoms or mild ones that aren't usually linked to flu."
...
"But this study should not be taken to mean that the flu is as trivial as the common cold." (it's not just a cold bro)
So if there are many asymptotic cases of the flu, then its CFR would also be lower, so even if covid ends up near 0.1% CFR that too might be 10x worse than the flu? (still not just the flu bro)